by Matthew Hoppock | Sep 20, 2018 | Immigration, Immigration Practice |
It is starting to appear the Department of Justice has chosen not to comply with the Supreme Court’s decision in Pereira v. Sessions because doing so would conflict with the agency’s self-imposed deportation quotas it is placing on Immigration Judges,...
by Matthew Hoppock | Aug 21, 2018 | FOIA, Immigration, Immigration Practice |
Every summer the Immigration Judges from around the country meet in suburban Washington D.C. for a training session. The training materials are interesting, because they help us understand the IJs’ thinking on specific issues. The 2018 conference was held at the...
by Matthew Hoppock | Jun 1, 2018 | Immigration, Immigration Practice, Removal Defense |
Some concerning developments in the last few days require writing this post when we still don’t have all of the details. Apparently the Immigration Courts are implementing a system of “No Dark Courtrooms,” which may mean Immigration Courts operating...
by Matthew Hoppock | Jul 3, 2017 | Immigration, Immigration Practice |
April 14, 2018 Update: In response to our FOIA (and following having to appeal an earlier incomplete production), the entire Benchbook is now back online and is at this address: https://fileshare.eoir.justice.gov/benchbook-archived.zip That’s a link to the zip...
by Matthew Hoppock | Jul 3, 2017 | FOIA, Immigration, Immigration Practice |
Sometime in Mid-April, 2017, the Department of Justice removed the “Immigration Judge Bench Book” from the internet. Why? They won’t say. We’ve been trying to figure that out and to reconstruct this book as a resource for practitioners. For...
by Matthew Hoppock | Mar 1, 2017 | Immigration, Immigration Practice |
Much of our work as Immigration Attorneys involves researching our clients’ pasts. Often to figure out how I can help a client in the future, I need to know what their history looks like. That research might include criminal records. It might include old divorce...
